Jeg har før i Seriejournalens Forum postet indlæg om det kreative makkerpar i amerikanske tegneserier, Ross Andru & Mike Esposito, og jeg har også skrevet om biografien om dem fra Hermes Press. Det er helt sikkert en bog, jeg skal have, selv om der har været nogle kontroverser i forbindelse med udgivelsen af den. Ross Andru & Mike Esposito er et makkerpar, jeg først er kommet i gang med her de senere år. Jeg kendte godt Ross Andru så langt tilbage som i 80’erne, men jeg troede ikke, han var noget særligt. Nu har jeg fundet en yahoo discussion group om dette kreative makkerpar, Ross Andru & Mike Esposito.
fra http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mikeross/
Description
A discussion group for people who admire the Golden, Silver and modern age art team of Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. Feel free to talk about anything Andru/Esposito and comics in general.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Partners For Life is the title of the upcoming biography of Ross Andru & Mike Esposito. It’s due to be published sometime in 2007 by Hermes Press.
Some quotes from the book itself.
MARV WOLFMAN: He (Ross Andru) was also the absolute best artist in terms of space and perspective that I’ve ever seen in comics. His work is incredibly intelligent.
JOHN ROMITA: I always thought Andru and Esposito had a special magic.
DAVE HUNT: Mike (Esposito) is a down to earth kind of a guy. No pretence, very sure of himself and he is a consummate professional.
SAL BUSCEMA: I was a big fan of Ross Andru. He was a great, great storyteller.
GIL KANE: During Ross’ best period, around the late ’50s, he was probably the greatest penciller in the business.
STAN GOLDBERG: Mike Esposito carried the load on my stuff and did fine, he did a great job at it.
DICK GIORDANO: Ross was one of the very best storytellers in the business.
GENE COLAN: If he (Ross Andru) were around today, he’d give us all a run for our money.
JIM MOONEY: I inked many of Ross Andru’s pages myself, and was impressed by the amount of research he did on the locales he depicted.
FRANK MILLER: (in a letter to Marvel in 1978) Not since Ditko has there been as conscientious a penciler on the strip, nor one as successful in capturing the mood and style that made the strip the most popular of them all.
BOB KANIGHER: Andru and Esposito were the perfect team. The Metal Men was probably the most ingenious artwork that was ever done. Ross’ interpretation…was outstanding. No one has come within light years of him.
Og de to numre af Andru & Espositos satire blad “Up Your Nose (and out your ear)” er blevet restaureret og genoptrykt af Hermes Press:
ISBN #1-932563-17-2
96 pages, matte coated paper stock, black and white with colored cover, 8.5″ x 11″
Available March/2009
fra http://www.hermespress.com/
ISBN #1-932563-99-7
96 pages, color, 8.5″ x 11″
Adult audience
Available Now!